UNIT 3: PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY THE HISTORY OF THE CAMERA

WILT: Understand the development of the camera Create a timeline for the development of the camera Explore the history of the photographic process KWL Chart – Unit 3 Photographic History What do I know? What do I want to know? What did I learn? Fill Me in Fill me In

CAMERA OBSCURAS In the ancient times, camera obscuras were used to form images on walls in darkened rooms – like a projector! Known to the Chinese and Ancient Greeks (Aristotle) more than 2,000 year ago Although designs existed earlier, it wasn’t until the 1800s that practical cameras were created

DAGUERRETYPE CAMERA In 1837, he created images on silver-plated copper, coated with silver iodide and developed with warmed mercury He was given a state pension from the French government in exchange for publicising this method and for others to be able to use the “Daguerreotype Process” One of the world’s most expensive cameras

ALEXANDER WOLCOTT In 1840, first American patent issued in photography for his camera

PANORAMIC CAMERA Patented by Thomas Sutton in 1859

STEREOCOPE VIEWER In 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes invents the stereoscope viewer (3D imagery)

KODAK CAMERA Created by George Eastman and first went on sale in 1888 This pioneered the use of photographic film It had a single shutter speed and fixed focus lens

THE BROWNIE First mass marketed camera by George Eastman It was on sale until the 1960s

THE RAISECAMERA (TRAVEL CAMERA) Invented in 1900 Extreme light weight and small when it was folded Landscape photographers loved this!

35MM CAMERA Created between 1913 to 1914 Also called candid camera Developed by Oskar Barnack from the German Leica Camera The standard for all film cameras

POLAROID CAMERA Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera First “instant” camera – less than one minute to take and print

POINT AND SHOOT Konica introduces the first point and shoot, autofocus camera It was called Jasupin

SONY MAVICA First digital electronic still camera Digital photography and television images are related to the same technology, so this camera recorded images into a mini disk and then put them into a video reader Images could be displayed to a television monitor or colour printer

In 1991, Kodak released their first professional digital camera system (DCS) which was highly used by photojournalists

CONSUMER DIGITAL CAMERAS Between , the first digital cameras became on market for consumers It worked with home computers via serial cables Apple QuickTake 100 camera (February 1994) Kodak DC40 Camera (March 1995) Casio QV-11 (Late 1995) Sony’s Cybershot Digital Still Camera (1996)

2000S The world’s first camera phone – J- SH04 Also known as the “J Phone”

CANON EOS 5D Launched in 2005 First consumer-priced full framed digital SLR with 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES The evolution of the photographic process was driven by the relationship between artistic, technical and scientific attention during this time period There were many different processes that were introduced during photography’s first half-century 1.Daguerreotype 2.Cyanotype 3.Salt Prints 4.Callotype 5.Carbon Print 6.Collodion Negative 7.Albumen Print 8.Ambrotype 9.Tintype 10.Dry Plate 11.Autochrome 12.Digital Images ROLE REVERSAL: In pairs and one group of 3, pick 4 photographic processes to research and present to the class. Make sure to include the following: -People who contributed -Dates -Description of process -Photo Examples (if possible) -USE your notes from pre-departure activity!!!